🥚 Olive Egger
Chickens · breed reference
NOT A BREED — a dark-brown layer (usually Marans) crossed onto a blue-egg bird: brown pigment over a blue shell gives olive. The FIRST cross is the darkest; breeding olive to olive muddies it.
| Species | Chicken |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Eggs |
| Eggs per year | ~220 |
| First eggs | ~22 weeks |
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